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NC State Ranked No. 1 Entrepreneurship Program in the Southeast

Dec 5, 2021 | News

NC State ranked No. 1 in the Southeast for both undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship education programs and came in at No. 15 in both lists of Top 50 Undergraduate Schools and Top 50 Graduate Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies in the nation for 2022.

PAWR Program Announces Launch of AERPAW Testbed for Advanced Research on Wireless Connectivity and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Nov 9, 2021 | News, Smart

The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office announces general availability of the AERPAW wireless testbed for network communications and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) research.

First-generation ECE graduate returns success

Nov 2, 2021 | Alumni

Growing up in a blue-collar family in eastern North Carolina, Maurice Partin thinks his parents knew the only way he’d get to college was with a scholarship. And now he’s helping first-gen college students follow in his path.

ASSIST Center looks to a self-sufficient future

Nov 2, 2021 | News

Nine years in, the Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) has continued to lead the way in developing flexible, self-powering and wearable devices that will help both physicians and patients in monitoring human health across fields.

New Synthesis Process Paves Way for More Efficient Lasers, LEDs

Oct 27, 2021 | Research

A new process uses existing techniques to make more efficient LEDs and lasers.

Welcoming 2021 Inductees to Alumni Hall of Fame

Oct 22, 2021 | Alumni

At an induction ceremony on October 22, 2021, 9 members of the sixth class of inductees were honored and joined the ranks of the 95 members of the ECE Alumni Hall of Fame, out of over 16,000 alumni.

Why this NC State project could accelerate drone entrepreneurship

November 10, 2021 | Triange Business Journal

Entrepreneurs looking to monetize 5G networks “and beyond” have a new tool thanks to a national effort spearheaded by a research team at North Carolina State University. AERPAW, a project designed to accelerate the integration of unmanned aerial systems – also known as drones – is now generally available, a development officials say could give Triangle companies the upper hand.

NCSU scientists develop process to make lasers, LEDs more efficient

October 26, 2021 | WRAL Tech Wire

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new process that makes use of existing industry-standard techniques for making III-nitride semiconductor materials, but results in layered materials that will make LEDs and lasers more efficient.

NC State researchers find security vulnerabilities with some older iPhones

September 14, 2021 | WNCN

It was a very like a shot in the dark,” said Aydin Aysu, who is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at N.C. State.

As one of only two institutions to be home to two concurrent NSF Engineering Research Centers, one of three NSF Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research Initiatives, the home of the Department of Energy’s PowerAmerica institute, and leaders in the only North America IBM Quantum Hub, we are ranked among the top academic units engaged in scientific research in the United States.